Thorndale

18.7% of Thorndale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

42 family households lived in Thorndale; 28.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Thorndale had 134 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 83.0% of occupied private dwellings in Thorndale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

65.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

16.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Thorndale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.5%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

64.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 15.9% of the total.

75.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.5% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.4% of Thorndale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Thorndale.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 15.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

16.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 15.7% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.3%.

Median household income was $916 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,092.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Thorndale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 65.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Thorndale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.